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Dayro d-Mor Gabriel ( Aramaic - ''The Monastery of St. Gabriel'') is the oldest surviving Syriac Orthodox monastery in the world. It is located on the Tur Abdin plateau near Midyat in Mardin Province in Southeastern Turkey. Founded in 397 AD, Mar Gabriel is the most vital Syriac Orthodox monastery in Turkey, with seven Nuns and four Monks occupying separate wings, as well as a fluctuating number of local lay workers and guests from overseas. It is also the seat of the Metropolitan Bishop of Tur Abdin. Mor Gabriel is a working community set amongst gardens and orchards, and somewhat disfigured by 1960s residential accommodation. The monastery's primary purpose is to keep Syriac Orthodox Christianity alive in the land of its birth by providing schooling, ordination of native-born monks. On occasions it has provided physical protection to the Christian population. Mor Gabriel is open to visitors, and it is possible to stay with permission, but is closed, firmly, after dark. SEE ALSO |
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